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924 as First Car?

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Hi,

My brother has passed his driving test and is looking for his first car. As a petrolhead, he's quite interested in breaking away from the norm of Clios, Lupos, Golfs etc etc. and a 924 may not be out of the question, as they can be fairly cheap to buy and maintain.

However, being a 17-year old male, I presume insurance may be a problem for him - right enough, a quick run through a price comparison site revealed the lowest quote to be c. £2500.

My question is - is a 924 as a first car really a possibility? Does anyone know of an insurance company which may creep under the £2k mark, or am I being a bit optimistic?

Thanks,
Iain
 
It should be possible on a classic policy. The downsides being limited mileage and not accruing any NCB. You really need to shop around, there will be just one or two insurers out there who are miraculously cheaper than the rest for your brother "¦ but you'll never be able to predict which until you try 'em all! You should be able to get it down to around a grand, I reckon, which might be worthwhile for the fun of driving a Porsche instead of a Fiat Panda.
 
Classic policy paying installments or the other option is an adult insuring it with 17 year old as the named 2nd driver.
I did the latter when I first drove(allbeit on a renault 4) after 12 months I was able to insure on my own with the insurance company giving me the 12 months no claims as a kick on.[:)]
 
Sorry to tell you this BUT.
I don't think a 17 year old has a hope in hell of getting insurance at reasonable cost on a 924.

My daughter is 20 she hasn't had an accident or conviction I have tried to get her on both of my 924 policies. The 924S is an ordinary policy and the Turbo is on Classic. They just laugh at me. The same happened when I tried on a different policy with the 924 Lux last year.

If you prove me wrong I would like to know so that Lucy, my daughter, can drive something better than a Ford Escourt.[:-]
 
i must agree with geoff, i pay only pennies for my 924, ok it's a high group car, but the insurance company know its almost classic-but to mention a 17 year old and a porsche on an insurance quote will have them laughing all the way to the bank, good luck to him though, keep looking and you never know.
 
My premium for Turbo on Classic £177 for 6K miles...

Add daughter (age 20 and 2 years driving) the premium goes up by another £3,000.[8D]
 
Have to agree, while the 924 is actually a great practical and cheap car to run, insuring one for someone that young is going to be virtually impossible, might be cheap as an '91 golf to run, but put a Porsche badge on the front and the insurance companies don't see it like that [&:]
 
I had my 944 2.5lux when i was 22 and my insurance was £450 fully compe with no no claims cos i had never kept a car long enough and stay ed with the same insurance company long enough to get it!! That was with Lancaster 01480484848 also try places like adrian flux and performance direct. My 911 pictures is very mofified as its a 1977! i pay fully compe on that £343 i think or maybe less cant remember and im 26 now with 2 years no claims.
 
At the other end of the scale - 50+ with no claims for 30+ years, which classic policy would you forumists suggest represents current best value ?

Has anyone had experience of the multi-car policy being touted in a recent issue of 'The Automobile' magazine ?
I need to insure two Passats, 924 and a V8 Allard special .........
 
I had a quote on multicar from admiral the other day. My Frontera and partners Polo came out real cheap but the Porsche came out at a wopping £875!!! so no that wasnt for me. Anyone know of a policy to put two cars under which does a classic car to?
 
Not found one yet that will take a classic but I'm sure there'll be one come along at some time, I was the same as you, great price for the wifes Rover and a 2.0l Diesel Vecrta, but the minute I tried to put the 924 on it just went stupid
 
Mine was £2200 3rd party, i had mine as my first car at 17 and its great, im 20 now and still love it! I was with Zenith insurance.

Andy
 
ORIGINAL: Pete_Porsche
It seems the insurers have their horse blinkers on and only see the letters P, O, R, S,C, H and E and instantly think its an expensive rich persons death trap! regardless of the actual age, model or cost of the car in question.

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Insurance companys are legalised cowboys alrite. They dont take into account that the 17 year old will be proud to be driving a 924. The 924 is stronger too and because you are low down and far back you are a hell of a lot safer in it than in one of the modern faceless Daewoo Matiz. [:'(][:'(][:'(][:'(]
 
When I first had 'normal' insurance on my 924 it was about £650 a year at age 26 (17 years ago). I now have it on classic insurance with unlimited miles for £125 !

Age matters I think

I moved up from a Rover 200BRM (£450 a year) to a Boxster S (£650 a year) recently. I didn't think that was too bad !

Tim
 
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